Curtain-pole.



PATENTED SEPT. 8, 1903. E'. M. MICHAEL & T. V. SCOTT.

CURTAIN POLE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. s. 1903. i

F0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented September e, 190e.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK M. MICHAEL AND THoMAS v. scoTT, E ALLEGIIE'NY,

' PENNSYLVANIA.

SPECIFICAWLION forming part of Letters Patent No. 738,691, datedSeptember 8, 1903.

Application filed IJanuary 8, 1903. Serial No. 138,285. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern/: e Be it known that we, FRANK M. MIcHAE andTHOMAS V. SCOTT, citizens of the United States of America, residing atAllegheny, in

the county of Allegheny and State of `Penn sylvania, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Poles, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

j This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements incurtain-poles; and

. the primary objectof the invention is to provide novel and efficientmeans for supporting a curtain without the aid of rings and pins,

as in the ordinary construction.

A further object of the invention isto construct a pole wherein thecurtain may be easily secured either prior to the placing of the pole inposition or after said-pole has been placed in proper'position on `thewindow.

. Brieiiy described, the invention comprises a pole having a boreextendingfrom end to end thereof, said bore being eccentric ofthe pole C3 Y one corner thereof will protrude into the slot and located adjacentto the lower Side of the pole and opening along said lower side in aslot through which the curtain to be supported projects. The curtain iswrapped upon the securing rod or member, which is Vsubstantially squarein cross-"section, whereby along the lower side of the pole and theopposite side faces of the rod or securing memberwill impinge thecurtain against thewalls 35 inafter more fullydescribed, andspeciiically pointed out ing-the claim. Y

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming.4 a part of this specification, andwherein like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout theseveral views, in which Figure l is a detail perspective view of a Ipart of acurtain-pole, partly in section, showl ing the manner in which,the curtain is held therein. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same withthe curtain removed. Fig. 3 is a' transverse vertical sectional View.

whereby to uncover the bore or" the pole to permit the insertion orwithdrawal ot the securing rod or member.

In the'presentillustration of our invention we have shown a curtain-poleas cylindrical in form, though of course this is not essential to theoperation of the device, as a pole of other exterior contour might beemployed. We provide the pole l with an eccentric bore 2, extending fromend to end of the pole and 7o located adjacent to the lower side of thepole and opening at its lower-side throughthe'slot 3. In connectionwithV the eccentrically-bored pole 1 we employa securing rod ormember 4,

which is substantially square in cross-Section and which is made of alength equal to the pole, or at least equalto the width of the curtainwhich is to be supported. The curtain 5 has its upper end wrappedVaround this securing rod or member, as seen in Fig. 1 of 8o thedrawings, the securing rod or member .being positioned so that its oneedge or corner will bind the curtain against the side walls of the slot3, as seen in Fig.1 of the drawings. securing rod or member will also bepresented to the curtain 5. Describing this more fully, it is to benotedthat the edge or corner 6 of the securing rod or member protrudes intothe slot 3, whereby the side walls of the se- 9o Y curing rod or memberat opposite sides of the y edge or corner 6 impingeagainst the curtain 5and bind the same against the side walls of the slot 3, while the edgesor corners 7 of the rod ormember are presented to the curtain. 95

In practice the curtain isl 'wrapped around the securing rod or member,and the curtain and rod are then inserted into the bore of the pole. Inorder that the curtain and rod may be inserted into the pole Withoutremoving Ico the ornamental end knobs 8, with which curtain-poles areusually provided, we provide Fig. i is an end View showing the knobturned around, 6o

The other edges or corners of the these knobs with a pin 9, which isconnected to the knob and is engaged in the eccentricall'y-placedopening 10 in the end of the pole. When. these knobs are turned or swungaround, as seen in Fig. 4, the bore of the pole will be sufficientlyuncovered to permit the insertion of the curtain and rod or member orthe withdrawal thereof, and when the knob is turned down to cover theends of the bore the rod is retained-in position and prevented fromlongitudinal movement within the pole.

lt is to be noted that any weight placed upon the curtain will serve tobind the same more tightly' upon the rod, which will effec: tuallyprevent the curtain from being pulled out of the pole.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details ofconstruction without departing from the general spirit of our invention.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new, Vand desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

A curtain-pole provided with an eccentric bore extending from end to endand opening along the lower side of the pole in a slot, 'in' combinationwith a securing-rod substantially square Vin cross-section and placedwithin the pole in such a position that its one edge or corner willproject into the slot to bind the curtain between said rod and the wallsof the slot, and rotatable knobs eccentrically mounted in the ends ofthe pole and adapted to normally close the ends of the bore,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we ax our signatures in the presence of twowitneses.

FRANK M. MICHAEL. THOMAS V. SCOTT.

Witnesses: v

A. M. WILSON, E. E. POTTER.

